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Ipsosfor Thomson ReutersPolitical salienceOct 18–24, 2022share naming gay and transgender issues as the single most influential midterm issue
What is the issue that will most influence your choice of political candidate in the upcoming November midterm elections?
Inflation/rising prices
29%
The U.S. economy
17%
The end of national abortion rights
8%
Gay and transgender issues
2%
Parents' voice in public school curriculum
1%
- Sample
- 4,413 adults · Credibility interval of +/- 1.8 percentage points for all respondents
- Method
- online opt-in
- Where
- US national
- Source
- Pollster release↗(opens another site)PDF, external
Full record
Base: Party composition across all three waves was stable at 36% Democrat, 35% Republican, 21% Independent, 8% None/DK. The published trend tables give Total columns per wave; party columns are published only for the party-identification item itself, not for the issue items.
Wording notes: closed list with a single choice, so it measures relative priority against thirteen competing issues rather than absolute concernbundles gay and transgender issues into one option, so trans salience cannot be isolated'Parents' voice in public school curriculum' is listed separately, which siphons off some respondents who might otherwise pick the gay/trans option
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- The U.S. economy
- Immigration
- Political extremism
- Healthcare
- Energy issues
- Parents' voice in public school curriculum
- Crime or corruption
- The environment or climate change
- Inflation/rising prices
- Gay and transgender issues
- Election integrity
- The end of national abortion rights
- War and foreign conflicts
- Other
- Don't know
Ipsosfor Thomson ReutersPolitical salienceOct 18–24, 2022 vote effect of a candidate supporting laws preventing medical treatment for trans minors
In the upcoming elections this November, are you more or less likely to support a candidate who does the following?
In the upcoming elections this November, are you more or less likely to support a candidate who does the following? - Supports laws that prevent transgender children under the age of 18 from getting medical treatment related to gender identity and gender transitioning
Much less likely
28%
Much more likely
25%
Somewhat more likely
24%
Somewhat less likely
22%
Total More Likely 50%Total Less Likely 50%
- Sample
- 4,413 adults · Credibility interval of +/- 1.8 percentage points for all respondents
- Method
- online opt-in
- Where
- US national
- Source
- Pollster release↗(opens another site)PDF, external
Full record
Base: Party composition across all three waves was stable at 36% Democrat, 35% Republican, 21% Independent, 8% None/DK. The published trend tables give Total columns per wave; party columns are published only for the party-identification item itself, not for the issue items.
Wording notes: no neutral or 'no difference' option - every respondent is forced to a side, which mechanically manufactures a 50/50 split on an issue most say does not drive their voterestrictive polarity: 'more likely' means rewarding a candidate who backs the banthe same questionnaire's most-important-issue item shows only 2% name gay and transgender issues at all
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Much more likely
- Somewhat more likely
- Somewhat less likely
- Much less likely
Ipsosfor Thomson ReutersBooks & mediaOct 18–24, 2022 vote effect of a candidate supporting school book bans on sex, sexual orientation and gender identity
In the upcoming elections this November, are you more or less likely to support a candidate who does the following?
In the upcoming elections this November, are you more or less likely to support a candidate who does the following? - Supports policies that ban books in schools and school libraries on subject matter that deals with sex, sexual orientation, and gender identity
Much less likely
39%
Somewhat less likely
23%
Somewhat more likely
21%
Much more likely
18%
Total Less Likely 62%Total More Likely 38%
- Sample
- 4,413 adults · Credibility interval of +/- 1.8 percentage points for all respondents
- Method
- online opt-in
- Where
- US national
- Source
- Pollster release↗(opens another site)PDF, external
Full record
Base: Party composition across all three waves was stable at 36% Democrat, 35% Republican, 21% Independent, 8% None/DK. The published trend tables give Total columns per wave; party columns are published only for the party-identification item itself, not for the issue items.
Wording notes: no neutral optionbundles sex, sexual orientation and gender identity'ban books' is a strongly connotated phrase, though it is the standard descriptor for the policy
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Much more likely
- Somewhat more likely
- Somewhat less likely
- Much less likely
Rasmussen Reportsfor Capitol Resource InstituteNondiscriminationparaphraseddata flagOct 13–17, 2022Nevada Question 1 state ERA that adds gender identity or expression and sexual orientation to the state constitution
Would add a guarantee to the state constitution that equal rights would not be denied to any person on account of race, color, creed, age, and other identifiers.
Wording notes: ballot-measure description as retrieved does not itself name gender identity
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Strongly support
- Somewhat support
- Somewhat oppose
- Strongly oppose
- Not sure
Rasmussen Reportsfor Capitol Resource InstituteNondiscriminationdata flagOct 13–17, 2022 effect of adding gender identity and sexual orientation on support for the state ERA
follows the preceding item describing Nevada Question 1
Question 1 asks voters to expand these protections to gender identity and sexual orientation. Does this make you more or less likely to support the amendment?
Wording notes: isolates gender identity and sexual orientation from the rest of the amendmentasked immediately after a version of the measure that omits those categories
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Much more likely
- Somewhat more likely
- Somewhat less likely
- Much less likely
- Not sure
Rasmussen Reportsfor Capitol Resource InstituteSportsdata flagOct 13–17, 2022 trans women competing in women's sports
Do you support or oppose men who identify as women being able to compete in women's sports?
Wording notes: uses 'men who identify as women' rather than 'transgender women'
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Strongly support
- Somewhat support
- Somewhat oppose
- Strongly oppose
- Not sure
Rasmussen Reportsfor Capitol Resource InstituteBathrooms & facilitiesdata flagOct 13–17, 2022 trans women using women's restrooms and locker rooms
Do you support or oppose men who identify as women being able to use women's restrooms and locker rooms?
Wording notes: uses 'men who identify as women' rather than 'transgender women'bundles restrooms and locker rooms in one item
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Strongly support
- Somewhat support
- Somewhat oppose
- Strongly oppose
- Not sure
Rasmussen Reportsfor Capitol Resource InstituteYouth medical caredata flagOct 13–17, 2022 surgeries, hormones and puberty blockers for minors
Do you support or oppose gender-affirming surgeries or the prescription of hormones and puberty blockers for minors?
Wording notes: bundles surgery with hormones and puberty blockers in a single itemno age floor or eligibility criteria specified
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Strongly support
- Somewhat support
- Somewhat oppose
- Strongly oppose
- Not sure
Rasmussen Reportsfor Capitol Resource InstituteIdentity beliefsdata flagOct 13–17, 2022 belief that gender is a spectrum rather than binary
How closely does this statement match your beliefs? 'Gender isn't just man or woman, it is a spectrum.'
Wording notes: single-statement agreement format with no counter-statement offered
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Very closely
- Somewhat closely
- Not very closely
- Not at all closely
- Not sure
Rasmussen Reportsfor Capitol Resource InstituteNondiscriminationdata flagOct 13–17, 2022 Nevada Question 1 state equal-rights amendment
How closely have you been following news of Nevada's Equal Rights Amendment to its constitution, also known as "Question 1."
Question 1 would add a guarantee to the state constitution that equal rights would not be denied to any person on account of race, color, creed, age, and other identifiers. Do you support or oppose Question 1?
Wording notes: the description omits the very categories the amendment adds - gender identity or expression and sexual orientation - substituting 'and other identifiers'that omission is then exploited by later items in the same instrument
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Strongly support
- Somewhat support
- Somewhat oppose
- Strongly oppose
- Not sure
Fox News Pollfor Fox NewsSchool policyOct 9–12, 2022whether 'overly accommodating transgender policies' in public schools is a problem
Thinking about public schools, would you say each of the following is a problem or not a problem?[RANDOMIZE] ... Overly accommodating transgender policies
Wording notes: presupposes that transgender school policies could be 'overly accommodating'binary problem/not-a-problem scale with no intensity gradationno counterpart item asking whether schools are insufficiently accommodating
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Problem
- Not a problem
- (Don't know)
Trafalgar Groupfor Convention of States ActionYouth medical careOct 8–11, 2022whether minors should have to wait until adulthood for puberty blockers and surgery
Do you believe underage minors should be required to wait until they are adults to use puberty blockers and undergo permanent sex change procedures?
Wording notes: 'permanent sex change procedures' is the opponents' term and asserts irreversibility as a fact in the stembundles puberty blockers - which are prescribed precisely because they are reversible and time-limited - with surgery, so the 'permanent' characterization is carried onto both'underage minors' is a redundancy that emphasizes youthbinary with no 'unsure' or 'depends' option, forcing every respondent to a side'required to wait until they are adults' frames prohibition as deferral, which is easier to endorse than a ban
Response options as the pollster wrote them
SurveyUSAfor Baldwin Wallace UniversitySchool policySep 30, 2022 – Oct 3, 2022teaching about gender identity in grades 6-12
Do you support or oppose each of the following?
Do you support or oppose each of the following? - Teaching students in 6th through 12th grades about gender identity
Base: 856 registered voters; design factor 1.23
Wording notes: battery item paired with a parallel item on sexual orientation
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Strongly support
- Somewhat support
- Somewhat oppose
- Strongly oppose
- Not sure
SurveyUSAfor Baldwin Wallace UniversityYouth medical careSep 30, 2022 – Oct 3, 2022 medical care for a gender transition for people under 18
Do you support or oppose laws or policies that do each of the following?
Do you support or oppose laws or policies that do each of the following? - Allowing medical professionals to provide someone younger than 18 with medical care for a gender transition
Base: 856 registered voters; design factor 1.23
Wording notes: frames the policy as what is 'allowed', so support = permissive
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Strongly support
- Somewhat support
- Somewhat oppose
- Strongly oppose
- Not sure
SurveyUSAfor Baldwin Wallace UniversityParental rightsSep 30, 2022 – Oct 3, 2022 investigating parents for child abuse over a minor's transition care
Do you support or oppose laws or policies that do each of the following?
Do you support or oppose laws or policies that do each of the following? - Investigating parents for child abuse if they help someone younger than 18 get medical care for a gender transition
Base: 856 registered voters; design factor 1.23
Wording notes: uses the legal term 'child abuse' inside the policy descriptionpolarity is reversed relative to the adjacent items: support = restrictive here
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Strongly support
- Somewhat support
- Somewhat oppose
- Strongly oppose
- Not sure
SurveyUSAfor Baldwin Wallace UniversitySportsSep 30, 2022 – Oct 3, 2022 transgender athletes on the team matching their gender identity
Do you support or oppose laws or policies that do each of the following?
Do you support or oppose laws or policies that do each of the following? - Allowing transgender athletes to play on the team that matches their gender identity
Base: 856 registered voters; design factor 1.23
Wording notes: no age or level of competition specified
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Strongly support
- Somewhat support
- Somewhat oppose
- Strongly oppose
- Not sure
SurveyUSAfor Baldwin Wallace UniversityBathrooms & facilitiesSep 30, 2022 – Oct 3, 2022 transgender people using public bathrooms matching gender identity
Do you support or oppose laws or policies that do each of the following?
Do you support or oppose laws or policies that do each of the following? - Allowing transgender individuals to use public bathrooms that match their gender identity
Base: 856 registered voters; design factor 1.23
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Strongly support
- Somewhat support
- Somewhat oppose
- Strongly oppose
- Not sure
CECooperative Election Study (CES)Contact & populationSep 29, 2022 – Dec 15, 2022
CES demographic variable measuring transgender status of the respondent
Do you identify as transgender?
Base: Pre-election wave 29 Sep - 8 Nov 2022; post-election wave 10 Nov - 15 Dec 2022
Wording notes: direct self-identification wording
Response options as the pollster wrote them
Ipsosfor Thomson ReutersPolitical salienceSep 29, 2022 – Oct 3, 2022 share naming gay and transgender issues as the single most influential midterm issue
What is the issue that will most influence your choice of political candidate in the upcoming November midterm elections?
Inflation/rising prices
27%
The U.S. economy
17%
The end of national abortion rights
8%
Gay and transgender issues
2%
Parents' voice in public school curriculum
1%
- Sample
- 4,415 adults · Credibility interval of +/- 1.8 percentage points for all respondents
- Method
- online opt-in
- Where
- US national
- Source
- Pollster release↗(opens another site)PDF, external
Full record
Base: Party composition across all three waves was stable at 36% Democrat, 35% Republican, 21% Independent, 8% None/DK. The published trend tables give Total columns per wave; party columns are published only for the party-identification item itself, not for the issue items.
Wording notes: closed list with a single choice, so it measures relative priority against thirteen competing issues rather than absolute concernbundles gay and transgender issues into one option, so trans salience cannot be isolated'Parents' voice in public school curriculum' is listed separately, which siphons off some respondents who might otherwise pick the gay/trans option
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- The U.S. economy
- Immigration
- Political extremism
- Healthcare
- Energy issues
- Parents' voice in public school curriculum
- Crime or corruption
- The environment or climate change
- Inflation/rising prices
- Gay and transgender issues
- Election integrity
- The end of national abortion rights
- War and foreign conflicts
- Other
- Don't know
Ipsosfor Thomson ReutersPolitical salienceSep 29, 2022 – Oct 3, 2022 vote effect of a candidate supporting laws preventing medical treatment for trans minors
In the upcoming elections this November, are you more or less likely to support a candidate who does the following?
In the upcoming elections this November, are you more or less likely to support a candidate who does the following? - Supports laws that prevent transgender children under the age of 18 from getting medical treatment related to gender identity and gender transitioning
Much more likely
27%
Much less likely
27%
Somewhat more likely
24%
Somewhat less likely
23%
Total More Likely 50%Total Less Likely 50%
- Sample
- 4,415 adults · Credibility interval of +/- 1.8 percentage points for all respondents
- Method
- online opt-in
- Where
- US national
- Source
- Pollster release↗(opens another site)PDF, external
Full record
Base: Party composition across all three waves was stable at 36% Democrat, 35% Republican, 21% Independent, 8% None/DK. The published trend tables give Total columns per wave; party columns are published only for the party-identification item itself, not for the issue items.
Wording notes: no neutral or 'no difference' option - every respondent is forced to a side, which mechanically manufactures a 50/50 split on an issue most say does not drive their voterestrictive polarity: 'more likely' means rewarding a candidate who backs the banthe same questionnaire's most-important-issue item shows only 2% name gay and transgender issues at all
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Much more likely
- Somewhat more likely
- Somewhat less likely
- Much less likely
Ipsosfor Thomson ReutersBooks & mediaSep 29, 2022 – Oct 3, 2022 vote effect of a candidate supporting school book bans on sex, sexual orientation and gender identity
In the upcoming elections this November, are you more or less likely to support a candidate who does the following?
In the upcoming elections this November, are you more or less likely to support a candidate who does the following? - Supports policies that ban books in schools and school libraries on subject matter that deals with sex, sexual orientation, and gender identity
Much less likely
38%
Somewhat less likely
24%
Somewhat more likely
19%
Much more likely
18%
Total Less Likely 62%Total More Likely 38%
- Sample
- 4,415 adults · Credibility interval of +/- 1.8 percentage points for all respondents
- Method
- online opt-in
- Where
- US national
- Source
- Pollster release↗(opens another site)PDF, external
Full record
Base: Party composition across all three waves was stable at 36% Democrat, 35% Republican, 21% Independent, 8% None/DK. The published trend tables give Total columns per wave; party columns are published only for the party-identification item itself, not for the issue items.
Wording notes: no neutral optionbundles sex, sexual orientation and gender identity'ban books' is a strongly connotated phrase, though it is the standard descriptor for the policy
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Much more likely
- Somewhat more likely
- Somewhat less likely
- Much less likely
Ipsosfor Thomson ReutersPolitical salienceSep 7–12, 2022 share naming gay and transgender issues as the single most influential midterm issue
What is the issue that will most influence your choice of political candidate in the upcoming November midterm elections?
Inflation/rising prices
26%
The U.S. economy
19%
The end of national abortion rights
7%
Gay and transgender issues
2%
Parents' voice in public school curriculum
1%
- Sample
- 4,411 adults · Credibility interval of +/- 1.8 percentage points for all respondents
- Method
- online opt-in
- Where
- US national
- Source
- Pollster release↗(opens another site)PDF, external
Full record
Base: Party composition across all three waves was stable at 36% Democrat, 35% Republican, 21% Independent, 8% None/DK. The published trend tables give Total columns per wave; party columns are published only for the party-identification item itself, not for the issue items.
Wording notes: closed list with a single choice, so it measures relative priority against thirteen competing issues rather than absolute concernbundles gay and transgender issues into one option, so trans salience cannot be isolated'Parents' voice in public school curriculum' is listed separately, which siphons off some respondents who might otherwise pick the gay/trans option
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- The U.S. economy
- Immigration
- Political extremism
- Healthcare
- Energy issues
- Parents' voice in public school curriculum
- Crime or corruption
- The environment or climate change
- Inflation/rising prices
- Gay and transgender issues
- Election integrity
- The end of national abortion rights
- War and foreign conflicts
- Other
- Don't know
Ipsosfor Thomson ReutersPolitical salienceSep 7–12, 2022 vote effect of a candidate supporting laws preventing medical treatment for trans minors
In the upcoming elections this November, are you more or less likely to support a candidate who does the following?
In the upcoming elections this November, are you more or less likely to support a candidate who does the following? - Supports laws that prevent transgender children under the age of 18 from getting medical treatment related to gender identity and gender transitioning
Much less likely
27%
Much more likely
26%
Somewhat more likely
25%
Somewhat less likely
22%
Total More Likely 50%Total Less Likely 50%
- Sample
- 4,411 adults · Credibility interval of +/- 1.8 percentage points for all respondents
- Method
- online opt-in
- Where
- US national
- Source
- Pollster release↗(opens another site)PDF, external
Full record
Base: Party composition across all three waves was stable at 36% Democrat, 35% Republican, 21% Independent, 8% None/DK. The published trend tables give Total columns per wave; party columns are published only for the party-identification item itself, not for the issue items.
Wording notes: no neutral or 'no difference' option - every respondent is forced to a side, which mechanically manufactures a 50/50 split on an issue most say does not drive their voterestrictive polarity: 'more likely' means rewarding a candidate who backs the banthe same questionnaire's most-important-issue item shows only 2% name gay and transgender issues at all
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Much more likely
- Somewhat more likely
- Somewhat less likely
- Much less likely
Ipsosfor Thomson ReutersBooks & mediaSep 7–12, 2022 vote effect of a candidate supporting school book bans on sex, sexual orientation and gender identity
In the upcoming elections this November, are you more or less likely to support a candidate who does the following?
In the upcoming elections this November, are you more or less likely to support a candidate who does the following? - Supports policies that ban books in schools and school libraries on subject matter that deals with sex, sexual orientation, and gender identity
Much less likely
40%
Somewhat less likely
23%
Somewhat more likely
20%
Much more likely
18%
Total Less Likely 63%Total More Likely 37%
- Sample
- 4,411 adults · Credibility interval of +/- 1.8 percentage points for all respondents
- Method
- online opt-in
- Where
- US national
- Source
- Pollster release↗(opens another site)PDF, external
Full record
Base: Party composition across all three waves was stable at 36% Democrat, 35% Republican, 21% Independent, 8% None/DK. The published trend tables give Total columns per wave; party columns are published only for the party-identification item itself, not for the issue items.
Wording notes: no neutral optionbundles sex, sexual orientation and gender identity'ban books' is a strongly connotated phrase, though it is the standard descriptor for the policy
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Much more likely
- Somewhat more likely
- Somewhat less likely
- Much less likely
Marquette Law School PollNondiscriminationSep 7–14, 2022Bostock v. Clayton County - workplace protections for gay and transgender workers
In 2020 the Supreme Court ruled that a federal civil rights law protects gay and transgender workers from workplace discrimination. How much do you favor or oppose this decision?
Wording notes: bundles sexual orientation and gender identity into one itemdescribes an existing Court holding rather than an abstract policy
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Strongly favor
- Somewhat favor
- Somewhat oppose
- Strongly oppose
Marquette Law School PollGeneral acceptanceSep 7–14, 2022 perceived direction of Supreme Court rulings on LGBT people's rights over 15 years
[Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people] Over the past 15 years or so would you say the Supreme Court has generally expanded or reduced the rights protected for each of these groups or has it not changed much either way?
Wording notes: group label explicitly includes transgender peopleitem is about perception of the Court, not the respondent's own policy view
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Expanded rights
- Reduced rights
- Has not changed much either way
PRRIIdentity beliefsSep 2022 – Sep 11, 2022whether there are only two genders or a range of genders
Respondents chose between two statements and then indicated whether they held that view strongly.
There are only two genders (male and female)
Base: adults age 18 and older across all 50 states
Wording notes: forced binary between a two-gender and a range-of-genders statement with no middle optionthe 88-point Republican-to-Democrat spread on this item is among the widest of any trans-related measure in the corpus
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- There are only two genders (male and female)
- There is a range of genders
PRRIBathrooms & facilitiesparaphrasedSep 2022 – Sep 11, 2022 laws requiring bathroom use matching sex at birth
Respondents rate each policy on a strongly favor / favor / oppose / strongly oppose scale.
Laws that require transgender individuals to use bathrooms that correspond to their sex at birth rather than their current gender identity
Base: adults age 18 and older across all 50 states
Wording notes: favor = restriction
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Strongly favor
- Favor
- Oppose
- Strongly oppose
PRRIParental rightsSep 2022 – Sep 11, 2022 laws preventing parents from allowing a child to receive gender transition care
Laws that would prevent parents from allowing their child to receive medical care for a gender transition
Base: adults age 18 and older across all 50 states
Wording notes: frames the restriction as an intrusion on PARENTS rather than as a protection of minors - the reverse of how ban proponents frame the same policysupport = restrictionproduces markedly lower support for bans than youth-medical items framed around protecting children
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Support (net)
- Oppose (net)
PRRINondiscriminationdata flagSep 2022 – Sep 30, 2022 LGBT nondiscrimination protections in jobs, public accommodations and housing (item explicitly names transgender people)
Q12. Do you favor or oppose each of the following?
Laws that would protect gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender people against discrimination in jobs, public accommodations, and housing.
Base: Monthly AVA wave; PRRI publishes only pooled annual n and MOE. This is the first PRRI fielding of the gender-affirming-care item.
Wording notes: bundles transgender people with gay, lesbian and bisexual people in one itemthree policy domains combined in one question (jobs, public accommodations, housing)
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Strongly favor
- Favor
- Oppose
- Strongly oppose
- Skipped/Refused
PRRIBathrooms & facilitiesdata flagSep 2022 – Sep 30, 2022 laws requiring restroom use matching sex assigned at birth ('bathroom bills')
Q12. Do you favor or oppose each of the following?
Laws that require transgender individuals to use bathrooms that correspond to their sex at birth rather than their current gender identity
Base: Monthly AVA wave; PRRI publishes only pooled annual n and MOE. This is the first PRRI fielding of the gender-affirming-care item.
Wording notes: uses 'sex at birth' against 'current gender identity'policy stated as a restriction the respondent favors or opposes
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Strongly favor
- Favor
- Oppose
- Strongly oppose
- Skipped/Refused
PRRIYouth medical caredata flagSep 2022 – Sep 30, 2022 laws preventing parents from allowing a minor to receive gender-transition medical care
Q10. How much do you favor or oppose each of the following? [RANDOMIZE]:
Laws that prevent parents from allowing their child to receive medical care for a gender transition.
Base: Monthly AVA wave; PRRI publishes only pooled annual n and MOE. This is the first PRRI fielding of the gender-affirming-care item.
Wording notes: frames the ban as constraining parents rather than minors or providersdoes not name specific interventions (puberty blockers, hormones, surgery)'medical care for a gender transition' rather than 'gender-affirming care'
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Strongly favor
- Favor
- Oppose
- Strongly oppose
- Skipped/Refused
PRRIIdentity beliefsdata flagSep 2022 – Sep 30, 2022 belief that there are only two genders vs. a range of gender identities
When it comes to gender, do you ...
Feel strongly that there are only two genders, man or woman
44%
Think there is a range of many gender identities, but do not feel strongly about it
22%
Think there are only two genders, but do not feel strongly about it
18%
Feel strongly that there is a range of many possible gender identities
13%
Skipped/Refused
3%
Only two genders (net) 62%Range of gender identities (net) 35%
- Sample
- adults
- Method
- probability panel
- Where
- US national
- Source
- Pollster release↗(opens another site)PDF, external
Full record
Base: Monthly AVA wave; PRRI publishes only pooled annual n and MOE. This is the first PRRI fielding of the gender-affirming-care item.
Wording notes: strength of view built into the answer setno middle or 'depends' option
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Feel strongly that there are only two genders, man or woman
- Think there are only two genders, but do not feel strongly about it
- Think there is a range of many gender identities, but do not feel strongly about it
- Feel strongly that there is a range of many possible gender identities
- Skipped/Refused
PRRIContact & populationdata flagSep 2022 – Sep 30, 2022 knows someone who is transgender
Do you know someone who:
is transgender
Base: Monthly AVA wave; PRRI publishes only pooled annual n and MOE. This is the first PRRI fielding of the gender-affirming-care item.
Wording notes: 'Do you know someone who' stem is broader than PRRI's pre-2021 'close friend or family member' wording
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Yes, myself
- Yes, close friend
- Yes, family member
- Yes, another acquaintance
- No
- Skipped/Refused
The Trevor ProjectSchool policyparaphrasedSep 2022 – Dec 12, 2022mental health impact of hearing about laws banning discussion of LGBTQ people at school and of conversion-therapy bans
Anti-LGBTQ Policies
Nearly 1 in 3 LGBTQ young people said their mental health was poor most of the time or always due to anti-LGBTQ policies and legislation. Nearly 2 in 3 LGBTQ young people said that hearing about potential state or local laws banning people from discussing LGBTQ people at school made their mental health a lot worse. Conversely, 79% of LGBTQ young people said hearing about potential state and local laws trying to ban conversion therapy made them feel a little or a lot better.
Hearing about potential state and local laws trying to ban conversion therapy made them feel a little or a lot better
79%
- Sample
- 28,524 LGBTQ young people ages 13-24 - nonprobability social-media-recruited sample, NOT a poll of the general public · not applicable - nonprobability sample
- Method
- nonprobability quota
- Where
- US national
- Source
- Pollster release↗(opens another site)PDF, external
Full record
Base: 98,023 individuals from unique IP addresses began the survey; eligibility screening, recruitment quotas, a validity check and mid-point completion requirements produced the final analytic sample.
Wording notes: measures self-reported mental-health effect of legislation, not opinion of the legislation
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- A lot better
- A little better
- No change
- A little worse
- A lot worse
YouGovfor Deseret News and the Center for the Study of Elections and Democracy at Brigham Young UniversitySportsAug 8–15, 2022trans athletes in high school sports
How much do you agree or disagree with the following statements?
How much do you agree or disagree with the following statements? Transgender athletes should only be able to participate in high school sports as the gender they were assigned at birth.
Base: Split-sample randomization on the parental gender-affirming-care item and on the 'left to parents' item; roughly half the sample received each version.
Wording notes: restrictive position is the agree directionassigned at birth phrasingexplicit neutral midpoint
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Strongly agree/Agree
- Neither agree nor disagree
- Strongly disagree/Disagree
YouGovfor Deseret News and the Center for the Study of Elections and Democracy at Brigham Young UniversitySchool policyAug 8–15, 2022 teacher use of students' preferred pronouns
How much do you agree or disagree with the following statements?
How much do you agree or disagree with the following statements? Public school teachers should use students' preferred pronouns, even if they are different from the student's sex at birth.
Base: Split-sample randomization on the parental gender-affirming-care item and on the 'left to parents' item; roughly half the sample received each version.
Wording notes: sex at birth phrasingaffirming position is the agree direction
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Strongly agree/Agree
- Neither agree nor disagree
- Strongly disagree/Disagree
YouGovfor Deseret News and the Center for the Study of Elections and Democracy at Brigham Young UniversityBathrooms & facilitiesAug 8–15, 2022 school bathroom access
How much do you agree or disagree with the following statements?
How much do you agree or disagree with the following statements? Public school students should be allowed to use the bathroom of their choice, regardless of the gender they were assigned at birth.
Base: Split-sample randomization on the parental gender-affirming-care item and on the 'left to parents' item; roughly half the sample received each version.
Wording notes: bathroom of their choice framing rather than matching gender identitydoes not name transgender students explicitly
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Strongly agree/Agree
- Neither agree nor disagree
- Strongly disagree/Disagree
YouGovfor Deseret News and the Center for the Study of Elections and Democracy at Brigham Young UniversityYouth medical careAug 8–15, 2022 parental authority over gender-affirming care for minors (split-sample wording experiment)
How much do you agree or disagree with the following statements?
How much do you agree or disagree with the following statements? Parents should be [barred from obtaining / permitted by law to obtain] gender affirming care for their children such as hormone blockers or gender reassignment surgery.
Base: Split-sample randomization on the parental gender-affirming-care item and on the 'left to parents' item; roughly half the sample received each version.
Wording notes: randomized directional split-halfnames hormone blockers and gender reassignment surgery explicitlyno age qualifier beyond their children
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Strongly agree/Agree
- Neither agree nor disagree
- Strongly disagree/Disagree
YouGovfor Deseret News and the Center for the Study of Elections and Democracy at Brigham Young UniversitySchool policyAug 8–15, 2022 best place for children to learn about gender identity
How much do you agree or disagree with the following statements?
How much do you agree or disagree with the following statements? The best place for children to learn about gender identity is at home.
Base: Split-sample randomization on the parental gender-affirming-care item and on the 'left to parents' item; roughly half the sample received each version.
Wording notes: best place ... is at home presupposes a single correct venue
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Strongly agree/Agree
- Neither agree nor disagree
- Strongly disagree/Disagree